[lbo-talk] Best actor?

Dennis Perrin dperrin at comcast.net
Tue Feb 7 05:25:30 PST 2006



> Writing off Phoenix (too bland) and Strathairn (too monotonous) leaves
> Hoffman, Howard, and Ledger. Ledger probably won't get it cause I think
> Brokeback will get it for direction & maybe picture. Personally I think
> Howard did the best job and that H & F was one of the best movies of last
> year. But my sister says the fat white guy wins it for Capote. He was
> good. But the role was just not as complex as the H & F role?
>
> Speculation? Bets? (And, yeah, I know this is trivial shit.)
>
> Joanna

Odds are that Hoffman will win it going away ("Brokeback" will win best pic, to the utter horror of queerphobes nationwide -- yeah!!). From what I've seen, Hoffman does a great job, though I always liked John Belushi's Capote.

Dennis



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